Word: backlashers
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...Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings coincided with another important revelation about women's experiences in the 1990s. Susan C. Faludi '81's national bestseller Backlash was published...
...family of the 1950s was a small blip on the radar," says Wolfe. "We've been looking at it as normal, but in fact it was a fascinating anomaly." While a strict reinforcement of traditional family roles is already under way in parts of the Muslim world and a backlash against feminism has occurred in the West, such counterrevolutions are likely to fail. "The fact of change is the one constant throughout the history of the family," says Maris Vinovskis, a professor at the University of Michigan. "The family is the most flexible, adaptive institution. It is constantly evolving...
Also, external stimulants like caffeine can cause a backlash effect. Though performance level increases in the first 24 hours of use, after that it drops off dramatically...
...Reading Backlash prompted her to wonder why she is happy with her life and marriage when so many women are not, she said...
...then she read Backlash, by Susan C. Faludi '81, which chronicles the media's and society's negative reaction to the feminist movement...